"Congratulations, Host, you have drawn an S-rank villain character — Broken King Viego!" The system's notification sound rang out.
"What? S-rank villain? I know Viego, but what's this S-rank villain about?" Wang Chong frowned and asked after hearing the system's notification.
"The villain template currently has three tiers: S-rank, A-rank, and B-rank. B-rank is basically your common villainous supporting character, with varying quality and low strength. A-rank is relatively better, being famous main antagonists in various works, and their strength is naturally a tier higher than B-rank. S-rank is basically a well-known major villain character, and without exception, they are powerful characters that can affect the entire world." The system explained.
"Hmph, that's certainly not bad. Although Viego's strength isn't among the top tier, at least in the Type-Moon World, as long as he doesn't provoke those overly abnormal guys, it's more than enough. Especially in this Fourth Holy Grail War, it's definitely sufficient." Wang Chong looked at the villain template card in his hand and put it into his pocket with satisfaction.
"Then, Host, would you like to proceed with the gacha?" the System asked.
"Draw," Wang Chong pondered for a moment, then said, "For now, I feel like using it… First, a ten-pull. I'll wait for single pulls."
"Alright, Host, initiating epic ten-pull now… Congratulations, Host, you have acquired the following items: Summoner Spells Purify, Ghost, Flash; Skill Feast (Ghoul); Passive Relentless Assault (Jax); Passive Spider-Sense (Spider-Man); Cooking Mastery EX; Command Seal Erasure Card; one Master Ball; and the Ruinous King Blade (upgradable)."
Unexpectedly, they were all good items. Besides the somewhat strange Cooking Mastery EX, there were no useless items just making up the numbers.
"These are all quite useful, even if Cooking Mastery EX is a bit strange. But cooking might come in handy in certain special situations." After Wang Chong absorbed these abilities, he felt his brain was packed full. Then Wang Chong began to examine the abilities he had acquired in detail.
First are the Summoner Spells: Purify, as the name suggests, removes various negative effects from oneself. It's just unclear what the upper limit of this Purify is, whether it can remove any negative effect. Ghost and Flash are both easy to understand, both are divine skills for escaping. Flash's range is roughly 10 meters, and Ghost's duration is 15 seconds, both are very good.
Then there's the skill he acquired, Feast, which is a skill with a lifesteal effect, and its damage is based on 4% of the enemy's current health, ignoring any immunity and defense effects. This percentage-based damage that ignores effects is indeed very powerful, but it's also unclear if the upper limit is truly as described in the skill.
Relentless Assault is very familiar; each attack can stack 3.5% attack speed for 2.5 seconds, up to a maximum of eight stacks. It's a simple yet effective speed-boosting skill, very easy to use.
Spider-Sense, one of Spider-Man's classic abilities, can effectively sense danger. This means he won't have to worry about being ambushed by some scoundrel, or even being headshotted. Yes, I'm talking about you, Emiya Kiritsugu.
Cooking Mastery EX, nothing much to say. However, the Command Seal Erasure Card made Wang Chong's eyes light up, but after reading the description, it differed somewhat from what he had imagined. This erasure card does not erase all Command Seals, but rather erases excess charges until only one charge remains. This made Wang Chong feel it was a bit of a chicken-rib. However, suddenly thinking of a certain black-hearted priest in the later stages, this card still seemed very useful.
And when he examined the Master Ball in detail, 100% capture rate, he understood that very well. However, when he saw the last line of the description, Wang Chong was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but rub his eyes. The final description actually read: As long as it's a living thing, even a god can be caught for you to see.
What does that mean? Not limited to Pokémon? Can even people be caught? Can Heroic Spirits too?
After asking the System about his conjecture, he actually received an affirmative answer. For a moment, Wang Chong carefully put it into his space as if it were a rare treasure. This was a good treasure; he had to keep it well.
Finally, there was the Ruinous King Blade. He didn't expect to draw the Broken King's exclusive weapon, but after Wang Chong noticed the 'upgradable' text, he checked and found that this exclusive weapon didn't seem to be in its strongest state yet. It stated that it needed to use Ruinous Power to enslave a certain number of people and strengthen the Ruinous Power before it could be upgraded.
It seemed that if he wanted to use this weapon, he would at least have to use up that Broken King Viego villain template before he could proceed. So, after some consideration, Wang Chong put the weapon back into the System space.
"How about it, Host, are you satisfied with the items? This is an epic ten-pull; a single pull normally requires 1000 villain points. The items are naturally very generous ~" the System said with a smile.
"What the hell?! What did you say? One pull costs 1000 points? Why don't you just rob someone?" Wang Chong said, his eyes blazing.
"Oh, Host, you don't even look at what kind of items are drawn in Epic-tier. It guarantees that you will draw something that can help you, and there will never be any shoddy goods just making up the numbers. Of course, if you just want to rely purely on luck, there is a normal random draw for 100 points per pull here. If you want to try your luck, you can use this one." The System displayed the gacha interface to Wang Chong and said.
"Tsk, then what about Legendary-tier? It won't cost 10000 points per pull, will it?" Wang Chong said with a dark expression.
"Legendary-tier is special; it cannot be drawn with villain points. It will only be rewarded to the Host with a certain probability after completing some special villainous acts. After all, Legendary-tier draws basically yield extremely powerful items, true treasures among treasures," the System patiently explained.
"…Alright, that's as good as not asking. Draw for me. I want to see how powerful the items drawn from a Legendary-tier gacha will be." Wang Chong instructed the System to proceed with the draw.
"Ding! Performing Legendary-tier gacha — Congratulations, Host, you have drawn Bard's Blessing: You gain a 5-second invulnerability once per day, which can block any attack from a power not exceeding Bard's strength." As the System finished speaking, a stream of light and a musical note drilled into Wang Chong's body, and a shimmering golden light appeared around Wang Chong's body.
"Woc! Isn't this invincibility? Five seconds of invincibility once a day, I've hit the jackpot!" At this point, Wang Chong believed the System's claims about the value of Legendary-tier gacha.
"Then, Host, shall we proceed with the Heroic Spirit summoning now?" the System asked.
"No rush… Judging from the people Ryūnosuke killed, they weren't the couple with a child from the plot. It's possible that the current time is still relatively early, and it's not yet the beginning of the Fourth Holy Grail War… In that case, there's one thing worth doing now. System, can you help me deal with the traces here? I don't want to be investigated by anyone." Wang Chong said.
"No problem, Host. All traces have been cleared for you. Now you can use the Flash skill to leave this residence." As the System finished speaking, a flash of light flickered in the room. It seemed the System had erased all traces related to him, so Wang Chong immediately activated his Flash skill and left the room.
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"Host, we circled around Fuyuki City for half a day just to come to this mansion? What are you planning to do?" the System asked, curiously looking at the somewhat eerie Western-style house.
"Holy Site Pilgrimage," Wang Chong said, pulling out his phone from his space, taking a picture of the building, and then taking a selfie. He looked at it, found the lighting wasn't very good, a bit dim, so he said, "System, can you help me with some fill light?"
"Host, if you want good photos, the System has already automatically generated them for you." As a light shone from Wang Chong's phone, a complete and clear photo showing Wang Chong's handsome and dashing face with the Western-style house behind him appeared on the screen.
Wang Chong was very satisfied, then immediately pulled out a card from his pocket. It was the Broken King Viego villain template card.
"Host, are you sure you want to use it? Now? Here?" Seeing Wang Chong preparing to use the card, the System was puzzled and asked, "Host, this card can be used to save your life at critical moments. Why use it now?"
"System, oh, you're thinking too small, too limited. Rather than using the card to save my life, it's better to quickly utilize this card to maximize profit. Getting stronger quickly is the fundamental. Holding onto the card will only let it gather dust." As Wang Chong used the template card, a large amount of black mist emerged from the card, enveloping Wang Chong. Soon, after the black mist completely covered Wang Chong, he stepped forward, and a effeminate man, wearing the Ruined Crown, revealing an eight-pack, and surrounded by black mist, stepped out.
"Forever lost my love, all I see is ruin." Wang Chong uttered the classic line, very good, very flavorful. Then he continued, "Alright, System, it's time to begin our true first villainous act in this world."
"What?"
"Of course, it's arson and murder."